A little bit about me and this blog...

I am Microsoftie 4 ever (19+ years) working in Windows Services and Content team in the UK, my blog is mainly focused on the Windows family of products and trying to provide help pointers and resources for customers on our products.

April, 2010

Microsoftie 4 ever (19+ years) working in Windows Web Services and Content team in the UK. The blog is mainly focused on the Windows family of products and trying to provide help pointers and resources for customers on our products.

“…conversation with Microsoft Community Managers Matt Bernardy and Jake Grey on May 4th, 2010 from 9:00 A.M. – 10:00 A.M. PMT. This is your opportunity to learn more about the Clubhouse, Microsoft Answers, the MVP Program, and to ask questions about all the Windows community programs. To join, follow these simple steps:

“You don’t have to be a gadget geek to know that it can be hard to get a mobile phone, music player, or other device to work smoothly with your computer. How do you sync contacts and appointments to your mobile phone? How do you get music onto your portable music player? Where do you find the manual for your device, software updates, and help? The list can go on and on, depending on the device.

Enter Device Stage. This new feature in Windows 7 solves these problems by gathering everything you can do with your device into a single window, making tasks easier to find and complete.

Device Stage is like a home page for select compatible devices and printers. It’s a simpler and faster way of finding and using your devices with Windows”

“Windows 7 and Vista Explained, A guide for blind and partially sighted users, from RNIB, is all you will need to learn about Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista from a non-visual perspective. It's specifically written to empower blind and partially sighted computer users with whatever access technology is being used. This book is for:

blind and partially sighted computer users new to Windows or for those upgrading

trainers and people supporting users with sight loss.

This step-by-step guide will help to build skills and knowledge, starting with computer basics and Windows concepts, and leading through to topics such as file management, troubleshooting and using the internet. Fifth in the successful "Windows explained" series, it is written by award winning author Dr. Sarah Morley Wilkins, and Steve Griffiths….

If like me you got caught caught up in all the travel chaos of the last few weeks you may have missed the information about this interesting looking Springboard Series Virtual Roundtable event about deploying Windows 7…

“On April 29th, join Microsoft Technical Fellow, Mark Russinovich, as he will be leading a discussion around the process of planning, testing, assessing and rolling out Windows 7 in an enterprise organization.

Mark will be joined by a panel of IT professionals who are currently in the piloting and deployment process, along with Microsoft subject matter experts who can speak in depth about the technologies. The event will be broadcast live over the web at 9:00 am PDT, and will be available for on-demand viewing following the broadcast. The discussion will be open and candid, with the panel sharing insights, dispelling myths and getting down to the real story around technical adoption of Windows technologies. Specific topics will include the role of the pilot and the critical information it provides, best practices and tips & tricks for ensuring a successful effort, tools and technologies that will help automate the pilot and deployment processes, and conducting a frank post-pilot assessment. During the event, Mark will field questions coming in via the web from viewers across the globe.”